晦
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(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 日 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 晦
- Common rank
- #2,997
- Unicode
- U+6666
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Formation & memory
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Words with 晦
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风雨如晦 | lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim | |
| 风雨晦冥 | conditions of extreme adversity (idiom) | |
| 遵时养晦 | to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom) | |
| 晦气 | bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched | |
| 阴晦 | overcast; gloomy | |
| 韬光养晦 | to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom); to hide one's light under a bushel | |
| 晦暗 | dark and gloomy | |
| 隐晦 | vague; ambiguous; veiled; obscure | |
| 显晦 | light and shade | |
| 艰深晦涩 | abstruse and unfathomable (idiom) | |
| 晦涩 | difficult to understand; cryptic | |
| 悖晦 | (coll.) muddleheaded |
Sound family
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